The common bean genome

This book provides insights into the genetics and the latest advances in genomics research on the common bean, offering a timely overview of topics that are pertinent for future developments in legume genomics. The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume crop for food...

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Other Authors Pérez de la Vega, M. (Editor), Santalla, Marta (Editor), Marsolais, Frédéric (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
SeriesCompendium of plant genomes.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319635262
9783319635248
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Common Bean: Economic Importance and Relevance to Biological Science Research
  • Botany of the Phaseolus bean crops
  • Domestication and Crop History
  • Cytogenetics and Comparative Analysis of Phaseolus species
  • Genetic mapping and QTL analysis in common bean
  • Requirement of Whole-Genome Sequencing
  • Common Bean Genomes: Mining New Knowledge of a Major Societal Crop
  • Organelle Genomes in Phaseolus Beans and their Use in Evolutionary Studies
  • Phytic acid Biosynthesis and Transport in Phaseolus vulgaris: Exploitation of New Genomic Resources
  • What is Present at Common Bean Subtelomeres?: Large Resistance Gene Clusters, Knobs and khipu Satellite DNA
  • Comparison of Gene Families: Seed Storage and other Seed Proteins
  • A Comparison of Phenylpropanoid Pathway Gene Families in Common Bean. Focus on P450 and C4H Genes
  • Phylogenomics: the Evolution of Common Bean as Seen from the Perspective of All of its Genes
  • Prospects: The Importance of Common Bean as a Model Crop.